Refuge in the Storm

In this episode we share Caroline Durham's talk entitled: Refuge In the Storm: An Activist Perspective, this talk explores the four noble truths and the eightfold path, her relationship with these teachings and how we as practitioners can engage with the teachings in a meaningful way.

Caroline is the Founder of Mindful Justice, lives in New Orleans and a community activist herself committed to healed communities especially those intertwined with the legal system.

Here’s the song Caroline referenced in the beginning of her talk:

Joy and Pain Song by Frankie Beverly and Maze

When the tides rise, how do we continue staying afloat? Living in a world where too clearly “there is always suffering,” where are the off-ramps for cessation of suffering? What is the interwoven relationship of the Four Noble Truths that provides refuge in the storm? In this discussion we explore the gifts that we each are - to ourselves, to one another and to the world.

Caroline Durham, founder of Mindful Justice, grounds into the dharma from a foundation of engaged Buddhism. A creative, visionary, and changemaker, Caroline interweaves the dharma with 25+ years service as a public defender and community organizer focused on healing the structural racism underlying the criminal legal system. Committed to healed, thriving communities through engaged Buddhism, her practice is grounded in the lineage of Thich Nhat Hahn through her dear mentor and friend Cherie Maples. Working on local and national level to bring about an end to the carceral state, she focuses on supporting community activists and people with lived experience with the criminal legal system and strengthening communities in the South.

To connect with Caroline and find out more about Mindful Justice check out : https://mindfuljustice.today/

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